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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

Bipolar Bandit

Breakdown makes a sound case in favor of Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT), an evidence-based tool that’s widely underutilized. AOT helps a subset of the population with serious mental illness who are not adhering to their recommended outpatient treatment plans. Court order is vastly preferred because of the black robe effect.

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The Clinical Interview In-person

University of Connecticut

How do you address silence, or an unwillingness to participate in the interview? While many trainings examine symptoms, psychopathology, and existing diagnostic assessment tools, this seminar has the actual clinical interview at its focus. How do you refocus a client or deescalate his or her aggression?

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The Clinical Interview In-person

University of Connecticut

How do you address silence, or an unwillingness to participate in the interview? While many trainings examine symptoms, psychopathology, and existing diagnostic assessment tools, this seminar has the actual clinical interview at its focus. How do you refocus a client or deescalate his or her aggression?

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The Clinical Interview In-person

University of Connecticut

How do you address silence, or an unwillingness to participate in the interview? While many trainings examine symptoms, psychopathology, and existing diagnostic assessment tools, this seminar has the actual clinical interview at its focus. learn the components of motivational interviewing.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

This is because they develop treatment plans to address mental illness and substance abuse problems, often holding supervisory roles and advocating for human rights within the criminal justice system. Flexibility in adapting treatment plans is essential, as goals are met, new issues emerge, or crises arise.

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What Causes Coke Bloat? What You Need to Know

Gateway Foundation

Once you complete the assessment, the addiction specialist will work with you to create a customized treatment plan that suits your unique needs. The next step of a drug addiction treatment program is detoxing from the substance.

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2023 Annual Report

Center for Child Protection

Following an investigation by Child Protective Services and law enforcement, a detective assigned to the case contacted the Center for Child Protection to schedule a forensic interview for Olivia. This interview would help to build a criminal case against her alleged abuser. They make us feel very comfortable and confident.